Saturday, 15 May 2010

Day 11 - Once the rotting old arched door was removed, the space really started to open up ... don't get me wrong, it was lovely and I do feel a bit bad about ripping it out, but it would have needed a lot of TLC, and we are looking forward to the extra space!

i see my coat hooks came in very handy during the work ... here is Ashleigh ...

here we are inside the porch, lots of men on site today, including a sparky and lots of veiws of yellow underpants ... I didn't catch the sparky, and I have spared you the underpants!

here is Mark back again, to drink some tea and ... erm ... :-)

and Ashleigh again, doing some work ...

Day 12 - Ben's long day ...

Remember my poor old front door? This very cold winter had really upset it, and the duct tape was to keep out the cold wind. And this door had always been protected by the outer, porch door!

Old Door, no more ... I like how the girls are all shorter than the new arched window ... hmmm, memories of BBC's Playschool!

New door from the porch side ... we like red!

Day 14 - Daisy was pleased to see Jamie back, along with Mike, to lay some slabs and poor my new porch floor ...So now, im just watching cement dry, and longing to fill the space with wellies!

Friday, 7 May 2010

Day 6 ... Matty and Daisy supervise Mark and Daniel in the dining room ...

during the bank holiday weekend I managed a few DIY tasks - one was painting some more of the dining room walls white ...

Its bin day, and not much room to squeeze past the van on the driveway ... my house its looking very smart, and my rooms are quieter ...

who needs to find things to do, when there are men-at-work to watch ...

I am loving my reflection, but only because it shows I have very clean windows!

this is not really a hat, its one of those shoe covers, designed to keep the mud from customers homes. The boys said that they have been told to wear these, instead of removing shoes, because their feet smell too much!

Day 9 ... Ben comes to erect the frame-and-window part of the porch ... the windows have been beautifully finished on the outside, even matching in some cement to make the lintels look pretty. SOME window companies would have applied more plastic ...

Look, he's throwing it up - it even has a door!

the bricks look nice too ... looks like Ben needs a Wessex FM mug next to the spirit level ...